Smalltalk Digest: November Edition
Cincom Smalltalk Announcements
- Website Features Cincom Smalltalk Digest Changes
- Cincom Smalltalk Summer 2010 Release
- Smalltalk Solutions 2011 Call for Proposals and Venue Information
- Introducing: New Cincom Smalltalk Spy Tool
- Cincom Smalltalk Roadmap
- All Known ESUG Slides Are Now Available on SlideShare
- Smalltalk Is Cool on Nabble!
- Cincom Smalltalk Tutorial Page Expands
- New Product Pages for Cincom® ObjectStudio®, Cincom® VisualWorks® and Cincom® WebVelocity™
- Cincom’s Smalltalk Community Blogs
- Smalltalk News Roundup
- Don’t Miss Our New “Solutions” Section!
Helpful Technical Information
- Support Coaching Session 2: Upgrade Versus Migration
- “The Cloud” This and “The Cloud” That …
- The Benefits of Being in the Cloud
- Where Cincom Fits in the Cloud
- Testing Windows 7 in the Cloud
- Cloud Vendors: Comparison of Amazon EC2, Google, Skytap and VMware
Upcoming Events
Website Features Cincom Smalltalk Digest Changes
The Cincom Smalltalk site is now featuring a new Cincom Smalltalk Digest page with a link to archives and a new logo. Click here to check it out.
Cincom Smalltalk Summer 2010 Release
The latest releases of the Cincom Smalltalk suite are out: Cincom ObjectStudio 8.2.1, Cincom VisualWorks 7.7.1, and Cincom WebVelocity 1.1. There’s a fair amount of new stuff, even though this is a point release. Click here for more information.
Smalltalk Solutions 2011 Call for Proposals and Venue Information
Smalltalk Solutions is back! The conference will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 13–16, 2011, and conference organizers are looking for proposals from those who are interested in making presentations at the conference. Click here for more information on submitting a proposal, and click here for venue information.
Introducing: New Cincom Smalltalk Spy Tool
Ever wish you had access to a spy tool that’s much like what Windows API programmers are familiar with? Well the next release of Cincom Smalltalk may have just what you’re looking for. Click here to read about the new Cincom Smalltalk spy tool.
Over the past year, a lot has happened with our products including three major product releases and two maintenance releases. For a synopsis of the changes that have been made within Cincom Smalltalk, click here for the Cincom Smalltalk Roadmap.
All Known ESUG Slides Are Now Available on SlideShare
All known ESUG Slides (all 254) are now available on SlideShare or as a pdf in the ESUG Archive. Up until 2000, there weren’t that many slides available, so if you have slides (especially from the early years), please send them to Marcus Denker of INRIA Lille in Nord, Europe.
We’ve been aware of it for a long time, but Nabble, whose goal is to improve public discussions on the web and provide useful embeddable applications to end-users including forums, user groups, message boards, mailing lists, photo galleries, newspapers, blogs, etc., has included Smalltalk in its list of “What’s Cool.”
Cincom Smalltalk Tutorial Page Expands
There have recently been several new additions to the popular and useful Cincom Smalltalk Tutorial page. Plans are in process for this tutorial page to be the main archive page of all tutorials. Click here to check it out.
New Product Pages for Cincom ObjectStudio, Cincom VisualWorks and Cincom WebVelocity
There are a new product pages for ObjectStudio, VisualWorks and WebVelocity featuring reorganized layouts and links. Click here to view the new ObjectStudio page, and click here to view the new ObjectStudio Tutorials page that accompanies it. Click here to view the new VisualWorks page, and click here to view the new WebVelocity page and its tutorial page.
Cincom Smalltalk Community Blogs
There are many blogs run by the Cincom Smalltalk Group now. Check them out by clicking here.
There’s been quite a bit of Smalltalk news lately. Click here to read all about it.
Don’t Miss Our New “Solutions” Section!
The Cincom Smalltalk website now has a new “Solutions” section that features information on Windows-Centric Solutions, Cross-Platform Solutions and Web Application Solutions. Click here to check it out.
Support Coaching Session 2: Upgrade Versus Migration
This coaching session is about determining if you are upgrading or if you are migrating your application. Click here for this interesting article.
“The Cloud” This and “The Cloud” That …
You’ve heard about it—the cloud. The image it evokes may show it peacefully floating high above the cares of the world. But what does this have to do with your business? Click here to find out.
The Benefits of Being in the Cloud
Learn more about how cloud computing can positively impact your business and your bottom line. Click here.
Where Cincom Fits in the Cloud
What is Cincom’s answer to the cloud computing question? Cincom WebVelocity. Click here to read more.
Testing Windows 7 in the Cloud
Click here to learn how Ellie Mae became an early adopter of a cloud-based lab for testing Windows 7.
Cloud Vendors: Comparison of Amazon EC2, Google, Skytap and VMware
When putting your systems in the cloud, a few options are available depending on exactly what you want to put there and for how long. Click here to read more.
Our friends in the UK will be hosting several different events in London. Click here for more information.
Smalltalk Solutions 2011 — March 13-26, 2011
Smalltalk Solutions 2011 will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 13–16, 2011. Click here for conference details.
Click here for an update on Smalltalk-related events you may want to attend.